nanoscale opto-electronics

Future cell phones could detect viruses with a powerful nanoscale flashlight on a chip
Schematic of three different nano flashlights for the generation of, left to right, focused, wide-spanning,
Squeezing light to one atom will pave the way to ultra-small optical switches, detectors and sensors

In a recent study published in Science, researchers at ICFO – The Institute of Photonic

A focused electron beam (in yellow) was used to characterise the structures and to probe the optical properties of two plasmonic resonators bridged by a layer of molecules with a length of 0.5 nm. (Image credit: Tan Shu Fen, National University of Singapore)
Scientific breakthrough could operate at tens of thousands times faster than today’s state-of-the-art microprocessors

Scientific breakthrough to potentially revolutionise high-speed electronics, nanoscale opto-electronics and nonlinear optics Assistant Professor Christian